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Color :: Color (n.) That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors..

Melanin :: Melanin (n.) A black pigment found in the pigment-bearing cells of the skin (particularly in the skin of the negro), in the epithelial cells of the external layer of the retina (then called fuscin), in the outer layer of the choroid, and elsewhere. It is supposed to be derived from the decomposition of hemoglobin..

Sinopis :: Sinopis (n.) A red pigment made from sinopite.

Palette :: Palette (n.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments..

Pigmentation :: Pigmentation (n.) A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver..

Myohaematin :: Myohaematin (n.) A red-colored respiratory pigment found associated with hemoglobin in the muscle tissue of a large number of animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate..

Massicot :: Massicot (n.) Lead protoxide, PbO, obtained as a yellow amorphous powder, the fused and crystalline form of which is called litharge; lead ocher. It is used as a pigment..

Russet :: Russet (n.) A russet color; a pigment of a russet color.

Uranium :: Uranium (n.) An element of the chromium group, found in certain rare minerals, as pitchblende, uranite, etc., and reduced as a heavy, hard, nickel-white metal which is quite permanent. Its yellow oxide is used to impart to glass a delicate greenish-yellow tint which is accompanied by a strong fluorescence, and its black oxide is used as a pigment in porcelain painting. Symbol U. Atomic weight 239..

Vermilion :: Vermilion (n.) A bright red pigment consisting of mercuric sulphide, obtained either from the mineral cinnabar or artificially. It has a fine red color, and is much used in coloring sealing wax, in printing, etc..

Melanism :: Melanism (n.) An undue development of dark-colored pigment in the skin or its appendages; -- the opposite of albinism.

Turacin :: Turacin (n.) A red or crimson pigment obtained from certain feathers of several species of turacou; whence the name. It contains nearly six per cent of copper.

Xylindein :: Xylindein (n.) A green or blue pigment produced by Peziza in certain kinds of decayed wood, as the beech, oak, birch, etc., and extracted as an amorphous powder resembling indigo..

Colcothar :: Colcothar (n.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis..

Green :: Green (n.) Any substance or pigment of a green color.

Chlorophane :: Chlorophane (n.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.

Carmine :: Carmine (n.) A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting..

Auripigment :: Auripigment (n.) See Orpiment.

Greengill :: Greengill (n.) An oyster which has the gills tinged with a green pigment, said to be due to an abnormal condition of the blood..

Sealing Wax :: Sealing wax () A compound of the resinous materials, pigments, etc., used as a material for seals, as for letters, documents, etc..

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